TEPCat: Kepler-1617b


 

This page summarises the information held within TEPCat for the transiting system Kepler-1617b. Please see here for descriptions of the quantities given below.

 

Discovery and basic observable quantities:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Reference of discovery paper 2016ApJ...822...86M  
Date of discovery paper 2016 / 5 / 10 y / m / d
Data/telescope used for discovery Kepler  
Right ascension 19 11 44.92 h m s
Declination +46 25 06.5 d m s
Right ascension (decimal) 287.93717 degrees
Declination (decimal) 46.41847 degrees
V-band apparent magnitude 13.71 mag
K-band apparent magnitude 12.32 mag
Transit duration 0.3125
( 7.500 )
day
hour
Transit depth 0.01 %
Time of mid-transit   2454981.61010 ± 0.01700     HJD or BJD
Orbital period 27.4784659 ± 0.0005177 days
Reference for orbital ephemeris   2016ApJ...822...86M  

 

Physical properties from the most recent detailed study:
 
Quantity Value Unit
Stellar effective temperature 6167 +85 −78 K
Stellar metal abundance ([Fe/H] or [M/H])   0.01 +0.12 −0.17 dex
Stellar mass 1.150 +0.130 −0.030   Msun
Stellar radius 1.220 +0.380 −0.150 Rsun
Stellar logarithmic surface gravity 4.320 +0.090 −0.200 c.g.s.
Stellar mean density ρsun
g cm-3
Orbital eccentricity  
Orbital semimajor axis     AU
Planetary mass Mjup
Mearth
Planetary radius 0.136 +0.022 −0.036
( 1.52 +0.25 −0.40 )
Rjup
Rearth
Planetary surface gravity m/s2
log(cgs)
Planetary mean density ρjup
g cm-3
Planetary equilibrium temperature 736 K
Reference of detailed study 2016ApJ...822...86M  

 

Kepler-1617b does not have an entry in the catalogue of orbital obliquity measurements.

 


Page generated on 2025/08/27           John Southworth   (Keele University, UK)